Both Mary Oliver and Lucille Clifton are feminist women who fight for gender equality. By reading their poems the fight for women to be considered equals to men is evident. Both poems “Singapore” and “wishes for sons” were written in 1990-1991. During this time period women were fighting for equal rights in the world. They wanted men to see them as their equal rather than lesser. In “Singapore” Oliver reveals how difficult a woman’s job can be. In “wishes for sons” Clifton shows her strong desire
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I had trouble forgiving him. Although my story is no where near as brutal or harsh as Lucille Clifton’s “forgiving my father” or Molly Peacock’s “Say You Love Me‚” I can relate on a lower level. Father figures are important in a little girl’s life. Growing up I never had that‚ however‚ I am more than grateful that over the past two years have been able to form a relationship with my father. Lucille Clifton and Molly Peacock’s poems show the importance of father figures and how the absence of one
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number: 12056010 A Stylistic Analysis of « the lost baby poem » by Lucille Clifton In this stylistic analysis of the lost baby poem written by Lucille Clifton I will deal mainly with two aspects of stylistic: derivation and parallelism features present in the poem. However I will first give a general interpretation of the poem to link more easily the stylistic features with the meaning of the poem itself. In this poem Lucille Clifton is telling the experience she had when she had an abortion. In
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“Slaveship” by Lucille Clifton “Slaveship‚” by Lucille Clifton‚ is a free verse poem from the perspective of slaves that the white men capture and trade in the slave trade‚ forcing them to travel on the Middle Passage. Ironically‚ the ships bear the names of religious symbols and figures such as Jesus‚ Angel of God‚ and Grace of God (lines 14-15) even though the act of slavery is one of the most sinful systems in the eyes of these slaves and in the eyes of all decent human beings. Though a
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The theme of Lucille Clifton’s “Homage to my hips” concentrates on a proud‚ strong‚ and powerful woman who is absolutely in love with her hips. Clifton’s tone throughout the poem focuses highly on her big hips. Not once does the she speak negatively about them. She feels absolutely wonderful about her big hips‚ making her feel so confident and full-bodied all at the same time. She gives off many reasons to why her hips make her modest‚ but full of pride. The beginning of ’Homage to my hips” illustrates
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two extraordinary poems share a very powerful theme. In “Homage to My Hips” by Lucille Clifton and “Her Kind” by Anne Sexton‚ the theme of the oppression of women is apparent in both unique yet similar poems. Clifton and Sexton both have their woman mention what is expected of the typical woman in their societies. However‚ they both find their identities after all. Starting with “Homage to My Hips” by Lucille Clifton‚ this poem humorously yet powerfully indicates the theme. Symbolism is used throughout
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matter. In Sweet Illusions (1987)‚ Myers examines pregnancy through the stories of fourteen teenage mothers‚ fathers‚ and their friends and relatives. Each chapter ends with blank pages for readers to complete the ending. His biography of Malcolm X(1994) uses actual photographs and inserts from newspapers‚ interviews‚ and magazines to create an inspirational and provocative book. Myers pairs poems and commentary to turn-of-the-century photographs of African American children in Brown Angels (1993)
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Copyright © 1987 by Lucille Clifton. Reprinted with the permission of BOA Editions‚ Ltd. "Graduation Morning" by Pat Mora is reprinted with permission from the publisher of Chants (Houston: Arte Público Press--University of Houston‚ 1985) "Dreams" by Langston Hughes from Collected Poems of Langston Hughes. Reprinted by permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated. Copyright © 1994 by The Estate of Langston Hughes. From "Dream Deferred" by Langston
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Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas‚ p. 496-497 “Form" by Elaine Mitchell‚ p. 507-508 “Shooting the Horse" by David Shumate‚ p. 512-513 “A Red‚ Red Rose” by Robert Burns‚ p. 565 "this morning (for the girls of eastern high school)” by Lucille Clifton‚ p. 566-567 “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson‚ p. 568-569 “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost‚ p. 575-576 “Pied Beauty” by Gerard Manley Hopkins‚ p. 578 “Harlem” by Langston Hughes‚ p. 579-580 “Written in Disgust of Vulgar
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exposed in her myths. Ms. Clifton is able to say a lot with little words‚ especially in “forgiving my father”. The poem consists of 3 stanzas addressing her father’s ineptness. In the first stanza the reader sees that during Ms. Clifton’s childhood her family was financially unstable. In this poem she gives recognition to her mother because of the mental and physical abuse she had to live with. In an interview with Ms. Clifton and Michael S. Glaser‚ Ms. Clifton says: “I knew that she was an
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